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Amid Trial Preparations on Federal Prostitution Charges, Backpage Founder Takes His Own Life

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The War on Classified Ads

Backpage.com was an online classified ads platform, much like Craigslist. It provided a platform where people could post ads in a variety of categories for services or goods. There was also an adult section where people can post ads for legal forms of adult entertainment and sex work. The men were charged before that this actually became law.

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